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Long QTc predicts future cardiac death in stroke survivors
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Correcting the QT interval for Heart-Rate Using Bazett Formula: Beware of Differences in Heart RateShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the report by Wong et al [1], one of the very few [2,3] to demonstrate prognostic value of prolonged heart rate- corrected QT (QTc) interval in patients with stroke. In clinical practice, repolarisation abnormalities occurring during cerebrovascular incidents such as “cerebral T-waves” are still regarded merely as a electrocardiographical (ECG) peculiarity with no other significa...
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